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::::2018 took my sewjo away (it's been a rough ride, this and this happened) but then Meg from BurdaStyle sent a mail asking me if I was interested in being one of the BurdaStyle influencers. Although the word influencer makes my flesh crawl, I said yes. First, because I wanted to force my sewjo back and second, because even if Burda is THE major home sewing patterns company here in Italy, I never truly took the time to get to know their patterns … ::

::::I like the bound seams at the back of the neck in a t-shirt. I think it's a nice finish that makes a t-shirt look proper –that is why I included the instructions on how to add one in my Basic InstincT pattern. If industrially there's a dedicated piece of machinery that does it in one fell swoop at home it's a bit trickier to do especially out of t-shirt fabric and especially if you go for the shoulders-neck all-in-one binding. It's one of those prowess-proving things like pattern matched invisible invisible zippers, perfect bound buttonholes, super pointy shirt collars and pucker-free welt pockets … you know, the usual things you post on Instagram to give yourself a pat on the back. Why is it more difficult? Because knit fabrics stretch and curl and deform. Some of them a lot! ::

When the weather is warm and the sun is shining I'd rather do other things than sit in front of a screen, writing blog posts. I already do that, the sitting in front of a computer screen, enough for my job. But, this doesn't mean I stop sewing too.